EDINA, Minn. — Dropped off at the front of Tavern 23, Stephane Veilleux walks in and looks for a familiar face in one of the booths.
After spotting one across the restaurant, he approaches and says, “Bring it in,” before exchanging an extremely delicate hug.
“Shocking, huh?” he says.
Indeed.
The strong-skating, hard-hitting blue-collar forward somehow managed to avoid major injury over 10 NHL and 17 professional hockey seasons. Now, nine years after his last NHL game, he has been debilitated by an injury that has nothing to do with hockey.
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Since a June 19 car crash, the 42-year-old Saint-Georges, Quebec native has been in a halo vest that prevents him from moving his
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